Iowa Primary Election Details for Taylor County June 7
Iowa voters in Taylor County will choose Republican or Democratic ballots on Monday June 7 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The Athelstan precinct lists U.S. Senate Governor Lieut. Governor Secretary of State and other state offices, plus district and county posts, with candidates rotated by precinct to balance printing.
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Iowa
Athelstan
Taylor County
C. M. Downing
Marion W. Jetton
Eugene A. McAlpin
Fire at Hagan home prompts fire crew call
Firemen responded when sparks from a trash blaze ignited an old shed at the Hagan residence in north Bedford. Vesper Mc Coy doused the flames with a water bucket and a mop while crews removed roof shingles. Mayor Les Round reports motorists blocked access, violating state law and Bedford ordinances, threatening arrest and fines for future interference.
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Hagan
North Bedfor
Vesper McCoy
Les Round
Bedford
Lodges Plan Graves Decoration Tuesday Afternoon
Graves of departed members from Bedford Rebekah and Odd Fellows lodges will be decorated by a joint committee on Tuesday afternoon June 8. Members bringing flowers should place them at the club room by 1 PM and anyone wishing to assist should attend.
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Bedford Rebekah
Odd Fellows Lodges
Cub Scouts Award Night At Lake Of Three Fires
Cub Scout pack meeting at Lake of Three Fires Friday May 28 awards for Den 1 Den 2 Den 3 and Den 4 listed with Gold and Silver Arrow Points Service Stars and Denner Stripes. Rev Geo Swan presented charter and membership cards. May Indian month display featured tom-toms bows arrows feathers and an Indian dance finale. Breakfast Club tickets discussed for Chicago broadcast Friday morning.
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Lake of Three Fires
Gordon F. MccLean
Larry Krejci
Den
Howard Putnam
Bear
William Hensch
Wolf
Denner
Dale Beaver
Phil Bartlett
Robert Campann
Wm. Hensch
David Thompson
Larry Poore
Bob Cat
Carol Green
Billy Osborn
Donnie Spencer
John Eddie Guenther
Wolf Gordon Goudie
David Maac
T. Denner
Geo. W. Swan
Den 2
Howard Poore
Paul Stewart
Henry Krejci
Democratic ticket candidates and unopposed races noted
The article lists Democratic contenders with only governor contests featuring Ernest J. Seeman and Guy M. Gillette. W. A. Byers seeks the district state senate nomination unopposed, H. M. Buchanan runs unopposed for State Representative, while no county offices show candidate names.
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Ernest J. Seeman
Guy M. Gillette
W. A. Byers
H. M. Buchanan
New Industry At Cudahy Plant Bedford Launches Hunt's Feed
Cudahy Packing Company installed modern condensing equipment at its Bedford plant to produce Hunt's Old Fashioned Buttermilk Feed. Fresh buttermilk is condensed, water removed in a vacuum process, and the product packaged in small containers and 450 pound barrels for hogs turkeys and chickens. Manager A P Hunt will supervise manufacture. Available at Cudahy Hatchery Bedford Main and Madison, Cudahy Produce Blockton New Market and the Bedford plant.
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Cudahy Packing Company
Bedford
Cudahy
A. P. Hunt
Hunt
Cudahy Hatchery
Main
Madison
Blockton
New Market
Russells Take Son To Kansas For Medical Care
Mr. and Mrs. HK Russell and their son Karl traveled from Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota where the child was treated with no hope of recovery. They then moved to Hiawatha Kansas where the boy is now under medical care at 502 Iowa care of Wm Lohrman.
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HK Russell
Karl
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minnesota
Hiawatha
Kansas
Russell
Iowa
Clo
Judge Geo Johnston Prepares for Friday District Court
Judge George A. Johnston will preside Friday at 9 a.m. in district court. Alfred E. Teller, jailed on forgery charges, and Milton G. Seeger, arrested by Deputy Sheriff Carroll D. Little for driving while intoxicated, will appear before him. Seeger’s license had been revoked for a year on April 9.
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George A. Johnston
Alfred E. Teller
Johnston
Milton G. Seeger
Seeger
Carroll D. Little
Little
Bedford
Births New Market and Bedford Additions
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Clayton of New Market on Saturday May 29 at Municipal Hospital Clarinda. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Dent of Blockton on Wednesday June 2 at St Francis Hospital. A son to Mr. and Mrs. Chas D McNutt of Bedford on Sunday May 30 at St Francis Hospital Maryville named Stephen Robert.
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Alvin Clayton
New Market
Municipal Hospital
Clarinda
Lemuel Dent
Blockton
St. Francis Hospital
Chas. D. McNutt
Bedford
Maryville
Stephen Robert
Masons Hold Degree Work At Bedford Temple
A Masonic meeting at the Bedford Masonic Temple drew 125 Masons from eighteen lodges in Southwestern Iowa and Northern Missouri. Four first degrees were conferred on Dean Million Eugene Burks Dick Johnston and Bob Harbour, with Grinnell lodge represented. A pot luck supper and a sandwich coffee lunch followed.
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Masonic Temple
Bedford
Iowa
Missouri
Grinnell Masonic Lodge
Dean Million
Eugene Burks
Dick Johnston
Bob Harbour
Blockton Masons to Celebrate 75th Anniversary
Bethany Lodge No. 230 Masons at Blockton will mark the lodge 75th founding with a public gathering in Blockton Park on Sunday June 6. A basket dinner at noon will be followed by entertainment and speeches in the afternoon. rain location is Memorial Hall. All are welcome regardless of lodge membership.
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Bethany Lodge No. 230
Blockton
Memorial Hall
Will Witness Radio Wedding in Topeka and California
Mrs. Ray Cameron travels to Topeka for her nephew Donald Walrafen's commencement then joins the Walrafen party to Hollywood where Daune Walrafen will wed Joanine Richmond on June 11. They visit friends and relatives and tour points of interest on the return.
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Ray Cameron
Topeka
Kansas
Donald Walrafen
Walrafen
Hollywood
California
Daune
Joanine Richmond
Vacation Church Bible School Closes Sunday
Final plans for the two week Vacation Bible School closing day were discussed at a chapel meeting. Classes run 9 to 10 30 a.m. with a parade, film, and treats. The Sunday closing program at the Christian Church features certificates and departmental work exhibits.
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Vacation Church Bible School
The
Presbyterian Church
Court House Square
Methodist Church
Bedford Inter-Church Council
Iowa Power and Light Company
Sickles and Holmes
DeMolays Elect New Officers in Bedford
In a semi annual Bedford DeMolay election the new officers were named led by Master Councilor Roscoe Van Dyke and Senior Councilor Warren Adams. Meetings pause for summer and resume in September with Rev. G W Swan as chapter advisor.
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Bedford DeMolay
Roscoe van Dyke
Warren Adams
Edward Brown
Bill Steward
Fred Glover
Paul Stephens
R. Gordon Marshal
Gale Hawkee
Richard Thompson
Paul Bartlett
Earl
Jerry Pruitt
J. Walters
Jerry Pete
Robert Bristow
Thomas Marsh
Max Valentine
Charles Dinwiddie
G. W. Swan
Marriage Licenses Issued in Nodaway and Nearby Counties
Clerk C. B. Paul reports marriage licenses issued May 28 and May 29 to couples Donald Trout of Nodaway Missouri with Margaret Mae Putnam of Bedford and James R. Pearson of Ackwood Iowa with Treva A. McCoy of Villisca.
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District Court
C. B. Paul
Donald Trout
Nodaway County
Missouri
Margaret Mae Putnam
Bedford
James R. Pearson
Ackwood
Iowa
Treva A. McCoy
Villisca
Legion Stag Meet Planned at Bedford Post
The Taylor County Posts of the American Legion will host a county stag party at the Bedford Post building in Bibbins Park on Wednesday evening June 9. All legionnaires in the county are invited to attend.
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Taylor County
American Legion
Bedford Post
Bibbins Park
Legionnaires
Lucy Gardner Illness Report From Sharpsburg Home
A brief item notes that Mrs. Lucy Gardner has been at her Sharpsburg residence in the past two weeks due to illness. No further details are provided.
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Lucy Gardner
Sharpsburg
Local residents listed in and out of area hospitals
Bobby Barker son of Mr and Mrs Ellis Barker of Sharpsburg returned home from Blank Memorial Hospital Saturday. Mrs Sophia Dady of Clearfield in frail condition after returning from St Louis where she visited her son Ray Dady. Miss Shirley Bailey of Clearfield had a tonsillectomy Tuesday at Municipal Hospital in Clarinds.
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Bobby Barker
Ellis Barker
Sharpsburg
Blank Memorial Hospital
Sophia Dady
Clearfield
St. Louis
Ray Dady
Shirley Bailey
Clarinds
Boy’s dog bite injuries prompt hospital visit
In City notices Mrs. Clem Fine of Siam was taken by ambulance to Municipal Hospital in Clarinda for medical care. A two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Mercer of Clearfield suffered a severe facial laceration after being bitten by a dog while playing.
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Clem Fine
Siam
Clarinda
Ray Mercer
Clearfield
Leon minister improving after illness
Rev Weatman of Leon is ill with pneumonia but shows slow improvement. His parents Mr and Mrs Maurice Weatman of Clearfield report progress. Mrs Jane Whittlesey staying with Mrs HC Dowlin fell from a car and hurt her head after leaving the vehicle.
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Weatman
Bunard Weatman
Leon
Maurice Weatman
Clearfield
Jane Whittlesey
HC Dowlin
Bartlett Jr. Returns Home After Knee Surgery
Paul Bartlett Jr was brought home Tuesday from Missouri Methodist Hospital in St. Joseph where he recently had knee surgery His mother stayed in St Joseph to stay near him during the hospitalization Mr Bartlett had gone to St Joseph to bring them home.
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Paul Bartlett, Jr
Missouri Methodist Hospital
St. Joseph
Mr. Bartlett
Dickie Lewis of Ak Ron Hospitalized in Sioux City
Dickie Lewis four year old son of Mr and Mrs Duane Lewis of Ak Ron Iowa has been a patient at Lutheran Hospital in Sioux City for three weeks after mouth operations. His parents stay near him and his grandmother Mrs Lula Lewis of Bedford visited last week.
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Dickie Lewis
Dickie
Lewis
Duane Lewis
Akron
Iowa
Lutheran Hospital
Sioux City
Lula Lewis
Bedford
Bedford man badly ill after leg amputation in California
Has Leg Amputated Lesbie Conder of Bedford who went to Inglewood California to visit his niece the former Berniece Con der of Bedford has been very ill following two operations in a Hollywood hospital He submitted to another operation Saturday and one leg was amputated He remains critically ill according to word received by friends in Bedford
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Lesbie Conder
Bedford
Inglewood
California
Berniece Conder
Hollywood
Demonstration of Soil Saving and Water Management Near Gravity
Soil saving and water management methods will be demonstrated Friday at the Marvin Alexander farm two miles north and two and a half miles west of Gravity. Sponsored by Taylor County Triple A and Soil Conservation Service in cooperation. Afternoon program begins at 2 o'clock with talks over loud speaker. Candidates winding up primary campaigns will speak. Terraces dams waterways gullies and other conservation projects to be shown. Paris-Dunn of Clarinda to demonstrate a new machine. Follow the road signs.
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Marvin Alexander
Taylor County
Triple A
Soil Conservation
Paris-Dunn
Clarinda
Paint-Up Freshens Main Street Businesses
Douglas and Green applied white paint with black trim to several north side shops on lower Main Street, a color scheme growing popular in the business district. Main Street Cafe and Dr Hardin's office recently joined the renovation lineup.
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Lower Main
North Side
Douglas & Green
Main Street
Car Accident Near Athelstan Injures Two Families
Saturday morning about 8:30 on the Athelstan road two miles south of Highway 2 a collision left Mrs Floyd Ray of Creston with a broken leg and pelvis and others in the Ray Rusco party including Leonard Musco and two children with cuts and bruises. Mrs Ray is in Clarinda Municipal Hospital. E R Adams a Blockton mail carrier driving the Jeep sustained cuts and bruises. The Rusco car was demolished and the Jeep suffered front end damage. The Ray party were en route to Turner Rusco funeral when the crash occurred. Adams was delivering mail.
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Floyd Ray
Creston
Athelstan
Clarinda
Leonard Musco
Hopkins
M. R. Brant
E. R. Adams
Blockton
Adams
Rusco
Ruscos
Ray
Turner Rusco
Cubs Make Crosses For Veterans Graves
Cub Scouts from Bedford ages 9 to 12 created white wooden crosses for 250 fallen veterans buried in Fairview and Bedford cemeteries. Guided by Legion Auxiliary ideas and Den Mothers, twenty-three boys built twelve inch high crosses with eight inch arms, dipped in white Kem Tone, each adorned with a red poppy.
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Fairview
Bedford
The
Legion Auxiliary
Frank Bowen
Harold Guenther
Wendell Prugh
Charles Marshall Receives BA at Iowa State Teachers College
Charles Marshall of Bedford earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls among 246 graduates last week. He plans to stay in Cedar Falls for the summer to work in the city office and spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Leon Marshall in Bedford.
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Charles Marshall
Bedford
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Charles
Leon Marshall
Auxiliary Sells 2000 Poppies For Veterans Benefit
The Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion and Camp Fire Girls sold about 2000 poppies in Bedford on Saturday raising around $200 for disabled veterans. They sold on streets and in residential areas.
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Bedford
Women’s Auxiliary of
The
American Legion
Auxiliary
Camp Fire Girls
Bedford Public Library Announces Summer Evening Closure
The Bedford Public Library will be closed in the evenings during June July and August except for Saturdays. The library board announced the summer schedule detailing the limited hours for the season.
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Bedford Public Library
Library Board
Dewey Drennen Graduates State Teachers College
Dewey Drennen, longtime Bedford resident and Bedford High School graduate, graduated Friday from the State Teachers College Maryville. He plans to pursue a Master’s at Creighton University in Omaha this summer. Dewey is married and has one daughter.
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Dewey Drennen
Bedford
Bedford High School
State Teachers College
Maryville
Creighton University
Omaha
Dewey
West of Sharpsburg Completes Course at State Teachers College
Franklin West of Sharpsburg finished the Drivers Education and Training class at the State Teachers College Maryville. The class draws twenty school participants from Missouri and Iowa and suggests driving courses may be offered next year in those states.
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Franklin West
Sharpsburg
State Teachers College
Maryville
Missouri
Iowa
Taylor County Eighth Graders Score Higher Than State Averages
Taylor county eighth grade exam results show averages above the state rural average across all levels. Progress reflects cooperative teachers at study centers and adherence to the prescribed curriculum. Diagnostic tests reveal needs, with arithmetic and social studies lagging behind.
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Taylor County
Edna Mullen Injured in Oregon Car Crash
Edna Mullen of Los Angeles is hospitalized at St. Vincent in Portland with a broken leg and head injuries from a Saturday night automobile accident near Portland. She was traveling to Bedford to visit relatives, traveling via Washington and Oregon to reach her parents in McMinnville.
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Edna Mullen
Los Angeles
St. Vincent Hospital
Portland
Oregon
Bedford
Roy Hornung
Washington
Rainbow Girls Install Officers at Bedford Assembly
A public installation at the Bedford Assembly of Rainbow for Girl No. 64 was held May 26 at the Masonic Temple. Wardine Rimel was installed Worthy Advisor with color stations and corsage. Lorraine Round performed installing roles. officers and parents were announced. a grand march and dance followed with refreshments. Open roles included Mary Lou Putnam, Kay Sawyer, Norma Alexander, Lola Miller and others, with Lor raine Round presiding as Installing Worthy Advisor.
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Bedford Assembly
Masonic Temple
Wardine Rimel
Kay Lucas
Assembly
G. W. Rimel
Lorraine Round
Mary Lou Putnam
Wardine
Lowell Richardson
Louise Wintermute
Martha Dinwiddie
Kay Sawyer
June Davidson
Norma Alexander
Barbara Putnam
Lola Miller
Lawanda Glover
Phyllis Beebe
Frances Cross
Helen Novinger
Phyllis Northover
Nadine Wallace
Jamie Nye
Mary Alice Shum
Lorraine Round Marshall
Mary Margaret Jones
Mary Ellen Newland
Mary Ellen Park
Jerry Trumbo
Gretchen Timberlake
Clark Spencer
Governor Blue Plans Bedford Visit At Soil Conservation Demo
Governor Robert Blue will attend a soil conservation demonstration at the Alexander farm northwest of Gravity, meeting citizens in a brief stop Friday afternoon. He is one of three candidates invited to the event and will appear if schedule allows. Kenneth Bruner of Conway has completed a private pilot course at Maryville’s Municipal Airport.
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Robert Blue
Bedford
Alexander Farm
Gravity
Kenneth Bruner
Conway
State Teachers College
Maryville
Forger bound to grand jury in Bedford forgery case
Alfred E. Teller 37 of Massena Cass county Iowa faced a preliminary hearing in Justice of the Peace Robt L Burt's court and was bound over to the grand jury on three forgery charges with $2000 appearance bonds each. Local clothier Rollie Livingston aided Teller's capture after a forged check for 32 dollars used to buy overalls led to discovery of multiple counterfeit instruments and Teller's past forgery record.
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Alfred E. Teller
Massena
Cass County
Iowa
L. Burt
Rollie Livingston
Teller
Bedford
Livingston
Bedford National
Paul Wolverton
Petes
Tiler
Little
Main
Harry Lucas
Lucas
George Spencer
Lloyd Simmons
Des Moines
Anamosa
Page County
Griswold
Owa
Bdford
Rain Cuts Attendance At Memorial Services
Memorial Day events proceeded despite rain with the Inter Church Council Veterans groups and Cub Scouts and Camp Fire Girls carrying out plans. A school auditorium service featured Rev Nye, Rev Swan, an address by Rev Gordon MacLean, and Bedford high school quartet. A parade to Fairview cemetery followed with veterans, color guards, Scouts, and auxiliary members, placing markers on graves.
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Inter-Church Council
Veterans Organizations
Cub Scouts
Camp Fire
Fairview
Nye
G. W. Swan
Gordon MacLean
Bedford
Fairview Cemetery
V.F.W. and
Legion Post
Legion
VF. W. Post
Coy
Legionnaires
Old Cemetery
Harold Guenther
Frank Bowen
Wendell Prugh
V.F.W. Post
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Taylor
U.S
John N. Calhour
Geo. A. Wilson
Wm. S. Beardsley
Robert D. Blue
Kenneth A. Evans Redfield C. Mills
Jesse W. Halden
Charles J. Knickerbocker
Richard N. Mason
Earl G. Miller
Joseph E. Miller
Helen Mitchell
M. D. Synhurst
Russell L. Voelz
Chet B. Akers
John Hamilton Cruickshank
Congress
Ben F. Jensen
Ernest Humbert
Arthur P. King
Harlan L. Pote
Walter A. Houck
Charles O. Tomlinson
W. L. Steeves
Guy H. Miller Clark E. Paul
J. Don Burks Harry E. Lucas
John H. Fitch Minnie Jared
A. Elton Jensen
Earl J. Stone
Thomas C. Larson
Ora C. Cade
State Park
Harry Johnson
Earl Sorenson
Chicago
Don McNeal
Russells
Son
Geo. Johnston
Blockton Masons
Will
Christian Church
County Stag
Cubs
Rainbow Girls
Gov. Blue
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